Brunhild Safna, Divine Galactic Empire Elector, Privy Councilor, and Warden of the Dawnstar Sector in the New World, received the message from the gravitational-wave relay station on July 25, 833 of the Commonwealth calendar. It was not routine correspondence from Unity Fortress, but a promotion order from Dragon's Approach Palace.
From the moment she received the order, the "most beautiful princess in the universe," who was not yet twenty-four, had officially become a Marshal of the Empire.
Well, even so, she was not the youngest Marshal in the Empire's history.
However, throughout the Galactic Empire's history, every Elector who eventually ascended the throne had first served as a Marshal of the Empire and a Privy Councilor. Add to that the fact that Brunhild was the youngest Elector currently in office, and it was enough to set people's imaginations running wild.
After hearing Chief of Staff Ostana Bal analyze the situation, Brunhild couldn't help but scoff. "Isn't that a textbook case of forcing a connection? By that logic, every emperor was also a psyker. And every emperor ascended the throne only after the previous emperor died."
"Not quite, Your Highness. Emperor Ivenya killed her father before taking the throne. Strictly speaking, she usurped it by regicide," Ostana said with a perfectly serious expression.
"...Just tell me this: was her father dead when she put on the Void Crown?"
Ostana gazed meaningfully at her sovereign, let out three utterly toneless laughs, then continued, "But under normal circumstances, you should only have received the marshal's baton after achieving the great feat of conquering a nation."
"Maybe my ancestor finally woke up to some of his own traits? Maybe he's trying to follow in the footsteps of his predecessors? You know, 'Blood Mountain Emperor' Borgday loved appointing marshals. He handed out more than two